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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 26, 1888

Page

6

Money Market News and Stock Exchange Update

The Boston money market shows continued ease with a 4 percent clearing house rate, loans ranging from 3 1/4 to 5 percent, and collateral loans 2 to 3 percent. Reports cover exchanges, bank balances, New York funds, government securities, and bond offerings, plus notes on Atchison stock, Southern Pacific maneuvers in California, and various railroad and utility quotes and dividends.

Bar Harbor Land Company to Hold Annual Meeting at Lamoine Me

Boston stock market notes show varied shifts with West End Land and Bar Harbor units moving in the 2 to 4 percent range. The Bar Harbor Land Company schedules its annual meeting for August 4 at Lamoine Maine to elect officers and directors and discuss property improvements. A party of twenty five friends will control Hotel Gault. Calumet and Hecla assets and liabilities reported for April 30 show a balance of 1 953 909 14. Franklin stock rose to 17 percent amid optimistic East Lake mining updates and Osceola and Atlantic continued trading gains.

Fitchburg Old Colony Boston & Albany Boston & Lowell Est End Railway Preferred Albany Argus New York & New England Company New Haven & Derby Bethel Peekskill The Narrows Hudson Erie Scranton Danbury Inshkill New York & Northern Underhill Louisville New Albany Chicago Denver & Rio Grande Western First Mortgage Long Branch N.J Tropical Telephone Company Henry S. Russell Charles Williams, Jr Charles W. Jones James H. Howard John R. Hall South America Bell Telephone New England West End San Diego Sullivan Harbor Brookline Bar Harbor Lamoine Hotel Gault Calumet & Hecla Franklin East Lode

Quotations and Last Sales for August First 1888 Auction

A Boston market notice lists items to be sold at auction on Wednesday August 1 1888. Stocks bonds and railroad securities from Dorchester Gas Light to Wisconsin Central RR appear with quantities and terms including debentures and preferreds.

Dorchester Gas Light Co Framingham N. Bank Naumkeag Nat Salem Middlesex Mills Vermont & Mass. RR Lansing & No. RR Portland Saco & Ports Eastern RR New England Mort. Rec Boston Chicago Liverpool Bay State Live Stock Co Plymouth Cordage Co MekKay Swansville St. Louis RR Kalamazoo South Haven

Dividend notices from multiple companies in August payments

PMVIDENDS. Winthrop Mills Company 3 per cent payable Aug. 1. Lyman Mills $2 per share payable Aug. 1. Cincinnati Sandusky & Cleveland Railroad Company $250 per share. New England Telephone and Telegraph Company quarterly 76 cents per share payable Aug. 15. Illinois Central Railroad Company semiannual 84 per cent. Columbus Springfield & Cincinnati Railroad Company 5 per cent payable Aug. 6.

Winthrop Mills Company Lyman Mills Cincinnati, Sandusky & Cleveland Railroad Company New England Telephone and Telegraph Company Illinois Central Railroad Company Columbus, Springfield & Cincinnati Railroad Company

Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway Receivership Foreclosure Notice

Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway Co. and holders of General Consolidated Mortgage Bonds announce a temporary deferral of naming a Receiver. Since June the Missouri Pacific Rail has agreed to cover taxes, labor claims, and operating expenses. Bondholders urged to send names, addresses, amounts, and rates of mondate to Winslow Lanier Co. and Edward Sweet Co. in New York. Third notice.

Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Co General Consolidated Mortgage Bonds New York United States Circuit Court Missouri Pacific Railer Company Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway Company Edward D. Adams Winslow, Lanier & Co Nassau St N. Y William L. Bull Edward Sweet & Co Broad St William Whitewright Union Trust Company Broadway Illiam Mertens Wallat William E. Strong Work, Strong & Co

New York Financial Market Mixed as Stocks Open Higher Then Fall

New York July 54 Money on call easy at 1 to 1 34 with last loan at 1 4 and close 1 1 2. Bar silver 9158. Sterling quiet at 4.86 for 60 day bills and 4.88 demand. Government bonds dull, stocks volatile with readings led by Reading Lackawanna St Paul Union Pacific before sagging to near lows. Railroad bonds active with Kansas Texas Fort Worth Denver and others cited in strong on call totals.

Mining and Stock Exchange Clos Boston Brokers’ Board Northwestern Allouez Rap'han’k Arnold N.Y Aztec Mary T & S. Coll Bonanza West Sullivan Ohio & Miss Isis Louis, Lv & St L Catalpa Wash Marg, Ho & Ontéos Crescent Winthrop Eleo Button Og & L Chamcon Everett Eureka Pittsburg Reading Pueblo & Ark Lord Ac. Mass Rich, & al Tex Huron Mesnard Wis Cen Inc Cseeveerre Ocean Erie Tel Napa Liz Toledo Rome Fastman C H Nalaseee St.l F. Wees Weer Lamgon S S Eese Eee Brookline San Diego St. Tie Sullivan Harbor Law West End Lane St. P T B & Mont Manufacturers’ Bank Eeeeerereres Sewerenee Metropolitan Bank Cal & H Franklin Shawmut Bank Texas Pacific Hamilton Bank CEC Tol. & O. C. Pref Kearsarge Feeveeeevesee Eeressenes U. Pacific GO DB Rceevecavseere Merchants’ Bank Eeeeeveserve Utica & Bee At & Pac Ee Eeseeeteees Seston Eaver B& Aidany Cereese Naunkeag Bank Salem Eeaee Land and C.s&c Washington Bank Ecseseeereeeresess Oregon Fitchburg First Bank Ue Pacific Mail F& PM Ecseeess Monadnock Mills Pullman Pal York Manuf Co Eeeures W. Union Bone Ny&neb Great Fails Manuf Co W . Bikin Sasssee Eater Atlanatic Cotton Mills S .Tee Con. Gas Oki Colony Amory Manus Co Ever Ste Tee Hill Manus Co Pullman Lyman Mills Reeree Eeeset Union Pat Ween Pacific Mus Eeeusee West End Pref Fremont Suffolk Mills Portland, Saco & Portsmouth N.W Northern R.M Dou Cen A. T&s Feist Vermont Maasachusetts R E& St Fitchburg R Ps Wu gEs Ho & Ontés Cheshire K Ye M West End Street Ny&ne Old Colony R Erie Conn Passumpsi Kan Seebee Bostoi & Muine Rochester R Den.d Beli “el Nashua T. G Meliay Metal Bess Lea Tex. P. L. Mex Boston Gas Light Co New England Mortgage Security Co Tex. P. RR Lamson S Boston Gas Co I Sa Ousigeneen N. J. C. Int Ay Harbor Land Ttrookline Gas CO Ob N. Pac LO 10 Frenchman’s Bay Quincy Mining Cortecececse Reee Sersers Cevere See Sullivan Harbor Boston & Provience Mining Companies Manufactuers F & M1n8 CO Boston R Ster Adams Ontario Atlantic Eeree Lynn Chasap St Lous Cal Plymouth Fopeka St le K Cece American Rapid Tele Co Kan City & Cameron Cal Quickallver Spy Tamarack Eae Wee Lock Junction Peachwood T Eraeer Pal Ole Cristo King Sutter Creek Pueblo & Arkan Val Escracee Ald Eureka Enn. C Osceola Homestake T&sf Seeree Belle Isle Union Con B& Q C, Spring & Cin Crimp Orshl Union Pac Eeeetreene New York Sterling Exchange Lackawanna St. Paul Union Pacific Lake Shore Fort Worth & Denver Chesapeake, Ohio & Southwestern St. Paul H. & D Hocking Valley Kansas & Texas Mobile & Ohio New New York & Northern San Francisco Ohio Southern Detroit, Mackinac & Marquette Richmond & Danville Consol Richmond & West Point Trust Farnum, Reardon & Co Suort Hiss Uoa

Real estate transfers in Suffolk County detailed by street

Suffolk County transfers list numerous parcel changes dated June 19 through June 28. Transactions cover Newbury Greenwich Willard and other streets with buyer names such as Coffin Paine Lambert McGowan Whitwell and many others, including mortgages back and varied sums from 1 to 26 thousand dollars.

Suffolk County Newbury Street Arian H. Coffin Augustus FE. Scott Greenwich Street Robert T. Paine Antoine Lambert Robert Treat Paine Alexander A. McCallum Frederick A. Whitwell Thomas N. White Eleanor W. Atwood Willard Place George C. Morrelletux Augustine Bemis Sussex Street Mary E. McGowan Forest Hill Street Lucretia Fisher Michael Finley Heath Street John H. Bradford Delos D. Fish Weld Mary J. Folsom Boston Monroe Street William B. Blakemere Otto F. Gunther Swallow Street Dorcyesttrr Henry M. Snell James T. Hayden Dorchester Avenue Jesse S Kingsbury James A. Carlaw Robert J. Strange Poplar Street Martha M. Slater Harry W. James Bennington Street The North American Insurance Company Margaret. Christopher Lamson Street Anna Andrews East Boston Savings Bank Winterer Albert W. Richardson Arthur H. Stone North Avenue Elisha Myrick

Mortgages Recorded for Roxbury and Boston Properties

A list of mortgage agreements dated June 19 to June 29, involving numerous lenders and borrowers in Roxbury Winthrop South Boston Dorchester and Boston. The sums range from 100 to 1500 with properties on Salem Hancock Conway Ontario Greenwich and Willard places and streets.

Edward F. Bowman Howard Colburn Salem Street Roxbury Herbert L. Baker Horace A. Prescott Joseph R. Churchill Hancock Street Iaiey J. Page George Faulkner Conway Street Arthur A. Stone Albert W. Richardson North Avenue Winthrop Michael J. Foley Et al Addie M. Coleman Ontario Street South Boston Luther C. Watkins Eunice L. Dumas Winthrop Avenue Ditto Thomas B. Grant Willard Place Alexander A. McCallum Robert Treat Paine Greenwich Street Benjamin 9 Whitington’. L. Blood

Business Troubles Hit Pittsburg Drayage Chief Ardary

Frank Ardary, Pittsburg’s leading drayage contractor, has failed with judgments totaling about 70 000. Liabilities around 80 000 to 90 000, assets roughly 20 900. Other firms facing distress include Waters and McLowry of Minneapolis offering 40 cents on the dollar in settlements and multiple assignments across Rochester Providence San Bernardino Houston and Manchester.

Frank Ardary Pittsburg Penn Waters & McLowry Minneapolis Minn Armstrong & Giles Rochester N. i W. J. Cook Providence R. 1 San Bernardino Cal Fenty A Webber & Son Houston A.W. Whitten Haverhill Genneil Roeries and Fall River M. Klemke Manchester N. H

Market Notes Quiet and Steady Across Commodities

Commercial market roundup shows flour corn oats and meal mixed with many staples holding steady or quiet. Livestock and fruits display firm or fair demand. raw sugar remains very firm while molasses and truck activity are quiet.

City Horse Market Shows Slow Trade in July Demand

The city horse market reports weak active demand for July with steady prices. Dealers advertise coach and draught horses from $800 to $1000, numerous sales of 40 to 50 head weekly, and varied stock from drivers to heavy draughts, with prices ranging roughly from $40 to $350 and imports from Canada and the West arriving for sale.

KE Bowler Pennsylvania New York Fall River Isburgh & Co Walker’s Bazaar Bowler Moses Colman & Son Russell L H Brockway Pilsbury Illinois Welch & Hall International Horse Exchange Canada West J M Fiemming Indiana

Wool sales open in Antwerp with active demand

The July 25 wool market report from Antwerp notes good attendance and active demand. Fine wool advanced six centimes, ore races unchanged, with 2300 bales offered and 1885 sold. Buenos Ayres bales numbered 1063 selling from 85 to 180 francs per 100 kilos while Montevideo bales reached 76 to 185 francs per 100 kilos.

Antwerp Buenos

Boston Market Flour and Grain Prices July listing

Prices for carload fats of grain except rye shown. Domestic flour quotes span wholesale and jobbing with steady tones and small sales to meet present needs. Out-of-town activity adds slight support as futures and export figures surface for various grades and patents. Sacks and exports figures are given for several regions and quantities.

Spas Minnesota Bekers Michigan Stone Tapa O& Goes

Wheat and corn markets show steady mixed U S grain prices

Wheat and corn quotations across Chicago New York Minneapolis and Detroit indicate steadiness with some stronger notes in No 2 spring No 2 red and No 1 hard. Receipts and shipments vary by city with lingering demand and quiet activity in several grain lines including oats rye corn and flour markets.

Minnesota Chicago St Louis Minneapolis Milwaukee New York Toledo Detroit Corr Snc Hoosac Boston & Albany Starket Kiye Graham Tost Canada Choice Eastern

Market report on butter eggs and beans prices

Receipt levels show dull activity across dairy items with steady to weak prices. Butter and creamery quotes vary by region and grade, eggs are firm in some markets but quiet in others, beans and peas show modest demand with pricing near steady levels.

Western Vermont New York Chicago Ohio Sage Liverpool New Hampshire Choice Western Michigan Nova Scotia Bsc New Brunswick Bush Jersey Wriees Timothy

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